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FOLDING BED.

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G. S. HASTINGS 8v W. W. FLAGLBR.

FOLDING BED.

Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

WIM/58858 UNITED STATES I PATENT OEEicE.

GEORGE S. HASTINGS, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, AND VILLIAM 1V. FLAGLER, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,278, dated April 6,1897'.

Application filed June 29, 1896.

To all whom it 71mg/ concern-.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE S. HASTINGS, of Long Island City, in thecounty of Queens, and WILLIAM W. FLAGLEP., of New York city, in thecounty of New York, State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Folding Beds, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a ro multiple folding bed or astructure in which a number of beds may be folded so as to be out of theway and whereby when the beds are not in use they will be located oneback of the other in like manner to berths upon a vessel.

A further object of the invention is to construct a bed of the characterabove described which will be exceedingly simple, durable, and economicand wherein a number of beds 2o may be employed in one inclosure,occupying but a minimum of space when folded in said inclosure.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral 2 5 parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,

and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi- 3ocate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an end View of two beds and a box-support for the same, thebeds being in position for use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the bedsand supporting structure, the beds being folded out from the structure.Fig. 3 is an end view of the supporting structure and The beds folded uptherein, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the supporting structure andthe beds in their folded position.

In carrying out the invention the structure A, in which the beds B and Care to be folded, preferably consists of two side pieces, eachcomprising upright front and rear beams 10, a bottom connecting-beam 1l,a top connecting-beam l2, and a diagonal brace-beam 12% The sides of thestructure are connected at top and bottom by means of beams 13 or theirequivalents, and if in practice it is found desirable the back of thestructure maybe en- 5o tirely boarded in or otherwise inclosed.

The beds B and C are of the box pattern Serial No. 59 7,297. (No model.)

and are adapted to fit in the supporting structure between the sidepieces. The bed B is located at the upper portion of the structure andthe bed C at the lower portion, one bed over the other. The upper bed Bis provided with pivots l5, located one on the foot-board and the otheron the stationary head-board of the body of the bed near the rear side,and these pivot-pins are made to enter and prop- 6o erly turn inbearings 16, located upon the uppercross or connecting bars 12 of thesupporting structure, near the front oft-he same, as shown in Figs. 1and Feet 17 are pivoted by means of pins 18 to 6 5 the foot andstationary head board of the upper bed B near its outer or front side,the pivot-pins 18 being preferably nearer the lower or bottom edge ofthe bed than its upper edge, as shown in Fig. l, and the afore- 7o saidlegs extend upward a predetermined distance beyond the body of the bed,being connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar 19, and the legs arefurthermore connected near their lower ends by a second cross-bar 20.The legs are of such length that when in the vertical or supportingposition they will eX- tend downward to an engagement With the floor,and when the upper bed B is lifted slightly upward to release the legsfrom the 8o door the weight of the upper cross-bar 19 will assist tocarry the lower portions of the legs upward to a position longitudinallyupon the foot-board and the stationary head-board, as shown in Figs. 3and 4. 85

The vertical position of the legs 17 and likewise the horizontalposition of said legs are defined by stops 2l, which are in the natureof plates and are secured to the stationary head and to the foot boardat the rear of the 9o legs and above their pivots 18.

A folding head-board 22 is provided for the aforesaid upper bed B, andthe said folding head-board is attached to the side board of the bed bylinks 23, and in Fig. 2 a head- 95 board is shown in both an upright andin a horizontal position. The lower bed C is also provided with afolding head-board 24, connected with the body of the bed by links 25,and from the head and foot sections of roo the lower bed near its rearside lugs 26 are projected outward at an angle to the bottom of the bed,and these lugs are pivotally attached to the lower cross or connectingbar 14 of the supporting structure at their inner faces and near theirforward ends, as is particularly shown in Fig. 1. The outer or frontportion of the lower bed, when the bed is in use, rests upon the lowercross-bar 20 of the legs 17. The lower bed may be pivoted to theflooring of the structure and it is preferably provided with such, asshown.

Sockets 28 are preferably attached to the outer faces of the sides. ofthe supporting structure, and these sockets adjustably receive the lowerends of rods 29, which extend above the supporting structure and areconnected by cross-rods 30, and these rods at each side are in turnpreferably connected by a front rod 30u and a corresponding rear rod, ifdesired, and these rods form a support for a canopy or covering adaptedto conceal the supporting structure and the beds when the latter arefolded in the former. The canopysupport is held in adj usted position bymeans of set-screws 3l or the equivalents of the same.

The beds having been folded out to the position shown in Fig. 1 and itbeing desirable to fold the beds within their supporting structure, thelower bed is first carried upward within the structure until it is inthe vertical position shown in Fig. 3, rest-ing upon its inner sidesurface quite close to the back of the said supporting structure. Theupper bed is then slightly raised and the legs 17 will fold themselvesparallel upon the foot and head sections of the bed, whereupon the upperbed may be dropped downward within the said supporting-frame, as shownalso in Fig. 3, enabling the canopy employed to completely conceal boththe framework or supporting structure and the beds. Under such aconstruction beds in the nature of bunks maybe expeditiously andeconomically erected, and when not required for use will occupy b utvery little room, and such beds are particularly adapted for use onshipboard or in hotels or lodging-houses, where a number of persons areto be accommodated and but little room is available.

Having thus described our invention, We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1.l A folding bed, having a frame, beds piv;

oted in the said frame at their rear ends,.be ing arranged to foldwithin the frame one back of the other, legs pivotally connected withthe uppermost bed near the outer side o of the same, a supporting-barconnecting said legs and receiving the outer portion of the lower bed,and a weight attached to the upper portions of the said legs, wherebythe legs when relieved from the weight of the lower bed and raised fromthe floor, will be assisted to a position longitudinally of the endportions ofthe bed, folding within said frame with the uppermost bed, asand for the purpose set forth.

2. A folding bed having a frame adapted as a fixture, of an upper bedhaving its inner side located within the frame and pivotally connectedtherewith at its head and at its foot board portion, a lower bed alsohaving its inner portion within said frame, arms projected from theinner portion of said lower bedat an angle to its bottom, said armsbeing pivoted in the bottoni portions of the aforesaid frame, weightedlegs pivotally connected with the outer portion of the upper bed, a restcarried by the legs and adapted to support the outer portion of thelower bed, and stops located on the'upper bed, and limiting themovements of the aforesaid legs, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE S. HASTINGS. WILLIAM WV. FLAGLER. lVitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNO. M. RITTER.

